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1957 Unico Bodegas Vega Sicilia (Ribera del Duero) / In Ribera del Duero the weather conditions during 1957 were normal. The winter was fairly cold with average rainfall. There was an early, dry spring and long and burning summer with only a small amount of rain. Mild and dry autumn weather existed during the harvest.
In Bodegas Vega Sicilia they produced 25.500 bottles, which were commercialized in the early seventies.
In 1957 they only use...
Wine Description
The Story
Of the 1,000 hectares making up the Vega Sicilia estate, 210 are used for wine growing, and there are 19 soil-types divided for management purposes into 52 plots with very specific characteristics. The influence of the flow of the river Duero and the passage of time have been vital in forming these soils.
70 of these hectares are employed to produce Unico. A unique, magical estate which, along with extraordinary management of the vineyard, ...
Wine Information
VEGA SICILIA “UNICO” 1957 /Considering the different varieties of grape used in its composition, the most approximate percentage of each of them in this vintage is given below:
TINTO FINO: 80%
CABERNET SAUVIGNON: 20%
CLIMATOLOGY;
WINTER: Average pluviometry, moderate temperatures.
SPRING: Average temperatures, average rainfall.
SUMMER: Hot. Important thermal interval. Average rain.
HARVEST: Normal.
HISTORY
After the fermenta...